About the rear aircond vent, my dad's camry ones always "shut off" as the air circulates well enough, I find most passengers don't like it especially the passenger in mid. LOL~

I heard good resale value for T. Camry? Anyone willing to pay 140k for 2008 model? I would like to ask for 150k as it run less than 20k for whole 3 years. Any takers?

Just changed a steering joint or what, I don't know what its called for a bloody RM8xx price tag. If anyone willing to take it with high price for this good car, pm me. I wish K5 came in with 2.4l engine then able to swap, we don't mind the resale value.

how many new D segment cars you own the past 5years? did listening to you boss help with the results?

and i wud reply... problem with everyone trying to think outside the box is no one ever thinks inside the box anymore....

that's why the fundamentals are always "attached to another object by an inclined plane wrapped helically around an axis".

make sense?

I just went to the Kia Red Cube along Federal HIghway tis morning hoping to get my 5th look at the car. I arrived at 9.45am and the showroom was supposedly opened at 8.30am. Everything open but no salesman anywhere. The cleaner came up and passed me a brochure. I waited about 30mins and he didnt show up. I checked everywhere but he was nowhere to be found.

This is the crap service that Naza provides. Really tarnishes the name of Kia. How does Naza expect to change the perception of Malaysians towards the Korean brand when they have such poorly trained sales ppl with no professionalism?? Really pisses me off. Its not just 1 showroom. Its kinda widespread! 

but he went 5 times liao.. i think molest until sien already right by now?

dun have... but hey if u can accept 150k car, dun tell me u dun have 20k cash in account to repair ur gearbox...
buy 150k with 0 d/p & 9 years loan...? biar papa asal bergaya...?
oh btw 5 years ago, i'd a financial issue due to my parents undergone an operations which is more than 20k, i'm so panic to source for a money until i've no clue how to solve it except willing to cagar my parent's house but lucky i'm listening to my boss & the results i dun need to cagar it & operations went smoothly w/out any unsettle bill statement...
sori my boss isn't like that type, he never moralize his staff down...
but hey i think u boss like that, so u should update ur resume and leave ur saks boss & company...

Happy CNY & Happy Holidays!

RV is very subjective to the shift in market forces. Used car dealers will stake a claim in fluencing the value but one cannot deny the influence of demand vs supply. Using historical results as precedent is fair but you hav to realistically take into consideration the market changes. For example, if the myvi is such a hot "commodity", technically we shuld see our roads flooded wif myvis in every corner of tis country based on the annual numbers being churned out.

In reality it doesnt seem tt way, ppl will eventually sell their car at one point in their lives but imagine a model in great numbers being sold in one period of time. How can a value hold when there are similar options in numbers? In reality to compete, undercutting happens. Thus bringing down the industry average. If this car holds such great value, why is there great numbers in the used car market?
Check out mudah or star classifieds (metro section klang valley)

I m not denying there is in great numbers (perodua commanded 30% of the marketshare last year, i know tt) but the concentration is in key urban/cities areas. Not in sub urban. If u hav travelled extensively enough, you will know wat i m talkin abt.

However the context i m referrin is not volume but the value. U hav oso agreed tt possibility of ownership of the latter model were previous model owners as well. The assumption is if there is minimal new to brand ownership irregardless new or used, how can the demand overshadow
the supply? Thus, the actual value shuld not be as inflated. Basically its recycling of the same owners to a certain extent. Btw, myvi is juz an example n not to
belittle nor insunnuate negative judgements.

well not a loser, at least i am smarter, prefer use my money in a more effective way, but don't get me wrong, i don't own a kia, but i don't like ppl who speaks rubbish about the same thing every time. it is really boring. why do you even bother to even go look and see the optima, if you already don't like it, and tell everyone here in a funny way how you don't like it, be nice lah, put your words nicely we wont offend you any way. i know, honda accord the best in its class, no doubt about that. but when it comes to comparison use nice words.

we all cannot agree more the koreans are now very close to the japs and attracts more buyers, though not overtaking japs, ya, the japs are still superior "applicable in malaysia", but you know lah, korean is bloody cool in everything now, from the 4 most important elements in the world, beautiful cars, beautiful girls, and bloody competitive smartphones and TV's, it defies the law of japanese number 1, heck the sony TV is loosing money, only thing koreans haven't conquer, the gaming industry, though Sony still leads the pack. but who knows, sometime down this year, Samsung gaming platform.

at least minimum the K gals are hot,

Sometimes I don't understand why the Jap fanboys are being so defensive 

Btw, Jap cars used to be junk in the 60's too but I'm glad that they have evolved to where they are today.

Perhaps, now is the time for the Koreans to shine? All's fair love and war. Truth t be told, I have a lot of respect for the underdogs, they do tend to try harder while the big boys tend to rest on their laurels 

Has anyone even seen the upcoming Rio? It's giving the VW Golf a run for its money 

lol...well perhaps we don't use the word uncle, coz people taste changes when they reach certain age group.

not everyone lucky to have 5figures salary...

According to the news on radio this morning sales for new cars has slumped 15-20% thanks to the government's ruling on loan approvals based on nett income rather than gross income. Banks are appealing for leeway. In the meantime I see the interest rate being maintained at around this 2-3% range for some time to come with more freebies thrown in.

Seriously, what a stupid lack of foresight from the govt to be pushing for fiscal policy at a time like this. If the car industry KOs, the country's GDP will be hit hard, which in turn will cause more layoffs and more bad debt.

meaning bank will check us via CTOS & CCRIS prior approval ?
then it'll quite difficult for people like me where my mom & bro used my name to buy a car, loan under my name but monthly payment paid by them.

Well, wat is new. How many ppl dun care bout 2011 or 2012 stock? Honestly not many lo. A lot of showrooms in the bigger dealers hav n average of 2 units 2011 to clear.

As long as you understand this formula: [HP = (Torque x RPM) / 5252] you will understand the relationship between torque, rpm and hp, and why a car with CVT will generate more power at any given rpm throughout the rev range.

This explains why in the past I could outgun a Perdana V6 (148PS) uphill to Genting, right to the top with my humble (but lightly modded) Honda City iDSI (88PS). He was behind me all the way, and with every successive hard turn I left him further and further behind. Due to a 4AT, he couldn't take advantage of his 148PS (revs climbing too slowly) while my car with a CVT is gunning uphill between 4000-5500 rpm all the way, generating most of that 88PS all the way. You should have seen his black face when we reached the top lol...

Anyway, you can't really judge a car's performance based on its max torque and max hp figures alone. However, suffice to say that the 2-litre Theta II engine isn't the most peppy engine around and you'd need to really work it to get some meaningful horses out of it. Of course there are certain soft mods that can be done to make it more responsive

Please tell everyone which branch to do this so they won't buy from there lol... Send for Puspakom kena molest and trashed by other buyers before delivering to customer.

Guess turbo is way forward. Most contis hav embraced this approach already. Japs n the rest are kinda slow. Most hybrids lack tt punch. Wait n see again. Civic or accord turbo?

Yala, but those are big turbos with super laggy engines, not meant for day to day driving and good FC lor

Last time one of the most successful rally cars was the Lancia Delta, this and the Celica. Ol skool